Telemarketing Leads Top Ten List of Consumer Complaints
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1/2/2007
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Associated Press State & Local Wire
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Telemarketers and telemarketing scams accounted for 44 percent of the top 10 consumer complaints received by the North Dakota attorney general's office in 2006.
"The frauds associated with telemarketing calls are multiplying, and telemarketers are getting more creative with the scams," Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said.
Illegal foreign lotteries continue to be a primary source of telemarketing fraud, Stenehjem said.
The rest of the top five complaints registered with the attorney general's consumer protection division involved rebates, solicitations for donations, grants and loans, and violations of the state's "Do Not Call" law.
Rounding out the top 10 were problems with telephone service, mail order, sweepstakes, debt adjusting or credit counseling, and credit cards.
The consumer protection division recovered $589,740 for North Dakota consumers last year, Stenehjem said.
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